On Saturday, April 22 2017, the Holocaust Memorial Center will exceptionally be open to visitors from 3 pm to 6 pm. We are sorry for the inconveniences.
ROME, 17 February 2017 – The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) conference in cooperation with the Holy See “Refugee Policies from 1933 until Today: Challenges and Responsibilities” concluded this evening at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome. The conference brought together international experts to...
BERLIN, Jan. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- From 16-17 February 2017 the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), in cooperation with the Holy See, will hold a conference for public policy-makers from Europe, North America and the Middle East, media representatives and representatives of NGOs and civil society organizations at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in...
Dear Visitors, During the holiday season, the Holocaust Memorial Center is open to visitors according to the following schedule: Hanukkah24 December 2016 – 1 January 2017The permanent exhibition is closed to visitors from 24 December to 26 December 2016, and from 31 December 2016 to 3 January 2017. ChristmasThe permanent exhibition is closed...
Dear Visitors, Due to a closed educational program, the synagogue of the Holocaust Memorial Center will be closed to visitors on 10 and 11 December 2016. During these days, the permanent exhibition will operate according to the usual schedule.
The correlation between the eugenics, Nazi race theory, euthanasia and Holocaust will be discussed at a conference at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on April 25, 2016. The conference, titled is the first result of the cooperation between the Holocaust Museum Houston and its counterpart in Budapest. The event will bring together outstanding experts of the...
Dear Visitors, During the holiday season the exhibitions of the Holocaust Memorial Center will be open to visitors according to the following schedule: Hanukkah December 7 – 14 - On December 7 and 14 CLOSED, on the other days OPEN Christmas December 24– CLOSED December 25– CLOSED December 26– CLOSED December 27–...
In 2016 Romania will take the lead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Starting 2016 Romania will take the lead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Starting 2016 Romania will take the lead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). In preparation to this function, the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest has...
Jan Karski (1914-2000) – courier of the Polish underground state during World War II who twice infiltrated the Warsaw Ghetto and a concentration camp in German Nazi-occupied Poland. His eyewitness account jointly with a call for urgent intervention, unfortunately unheard, he delivered to W. Churchill and F. D. Roosevelt in 1942. Citizen of Poland, the USA, honorary citizen...
As in previous years, in 2014 the Holocaust Memorial Center is welcoming and continue offering 50% entrance fee discount to holders of the Budapest Card, the official city card. All types of the card – valid for 24, 48 and 72 hours - are accepted. For further details please see the official website of the BUdapest Card.
To the Memory of the Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust The theme of the permanent exhibition is the Holocaust in Hungary. Its aim is to present and describe the persecution, suffering and murdering of Hungarian citizens, Jews and Roma, doomed to be exterminated on the basis of a racist ideology. The leading idea of the exhibition is to shed light on the relation between...
I have encountered various names of the institution in the press.
The correct name of the institution is Holocaust Memorial Center, in Hungarian Holokauszt Emlékközpont. The name of the foundation operating the institution is Holocaust Documentation Center Memorial Collection Public Foundation, the Hungarian acronym for it is HDKE.
